At its plenary session on 5 April, the Article 29 Working Party ("WP29") approved revised guidance interpreting elements of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), including on the appointment of data ...

According to the last survey of the Spanish Center for Sociological Research ("CIS"), the concern related to data protection issues has risen among Spaniards in the last months, especially in relation to the data ...

The Spanish Supreme Court rules that posting someone's picture from an open Facebook public profile requires the user's express consent.

The European data protection framework is currently undergoing deep mutations.

In Spain, laws affecting fundamental rights, such as the right to the protection of an individual's personal data, have a certain status: they are known as "organic laws". Therefore, although the new European ...

The Spanish Data Protection Agency ("SDPA") has published a series of documents with the purpose of assisting data controllers and data processors (especially SMEs) to comply with the requirements of the new ...

On January 10, the European Commission published the proposed text for the new e-Privacy Regulation ('the Regulation'). This new Regulation, if adopted, will replace the current e-Privacy Directive and will ...

In February 2016, as part of its action plan of activities for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), the Article 29 Working Party ("A29WP") promised to publish guidance on the ...

On 25 May 2018, the new privacy law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be applicable to all companies – large and small – in Europe. It includes some tightening of the existing laws ...

On 12th December 2016, the text of the replacement for the e-Privacy Directive was leaked. The draft suggests a significant toughening of the online and direct marketing landscape and, predictably, a convergence ...